Sick
Into the New World
RING~
“Ugh~!” I moved to reach for my phone that wouldn’t stop ringing, but I couldn’t. There was a sleeping Taeyeon wrapped tightly around my waist. “What the…“
When did he even get here?
RING~
“I know, I know,” I groaned again before wiggling far enough out of his embrace to grab it. “Hello,” I said flatly, not even bothering to check the ID.
“Hello? Tiff, it’s me. I’m running super late I’m sorry!”
Me? Late? Who the- Oh my god!
“Kris?!”
“Yeah! I know, I’m sorry Tiff.” Oh my god!
“How are you? How are aunty and-“
“I’ll talk to you when I pick you up, I’m driving right now. I just wanted to tell you I’m running really late. I probably won’t be there until like 9:30… Okay?”
“Yeah Kris that’s fine!” I didn’t know why she was apologizing so much, we still had all the time in the world.
“Okay! I can’t want to see you!” I smiled. “And your man,” she added teasingly. I hummed.
“I can’t wait to see you either! Drive safe.”
We said our goodbyes and I quickly set the phone back down. Wiggling back into position I felt Taeyeon’s arms tighten around me and grinned. That little sneak was awake.
“Are you awake?” He grunted ‘no’ as I felt him move even closer to me, pressing his whole body against me as he nuzzled his head right into my neck.
Mmm, I loved cuddly Taeyeon. I loved it even more since he obviously had already showered and smelled great.
His lips found my neck and he lazily spread kisses everywhere he could reach as his sleepy laugh melted me. I felt a tingly sensation everywhere his lips had touched and that was when I knew I needed to kiss him too. I quickly rotated myself so I was lying on my back and looked right at his sleepy grin.
I didn’t even have to say anything though; Taeyeon was already moving his lips down to mine. They came together and I wasted no time in giving him permission to explore. His tongue pressed to mine and he tasted delicious, like mint. Ugh. I couldn’t get enough.
I wrapped my hands around his neck and pulled him in closer.
Wait a minute… a sudden worry popped into my head.
“Tae,” I said after pushing him away urgently. “Let me brush my teeth.”
I honestly didn’t mind kissing Taeyeon with morning breath, but only when we both had it. Because he already brushed his teeth and got all clean I’m sure he didn’t want to be making out with me right now. I bet he was just too sleepy to notice.
“You don’t need to,” he said before kissing me once more. Ugh, he’s such a brat.
“Yes I do. Please Taetae~. It’ll make me feel better...” He sighed and rolled from over top of me. “Thank you baby,” I said as I patted his tummy. “Plus we still have like…” I looked at the clock on the bedside table. It read 9:02.
Uhm…Excuse me!?
“Did you set that to Seoul time?”
“Huh? I didn’t set anything babe. What are you talking about?” Oh no…
“Taeyeon the clock says 9:02, no 9:03.”
“Oh my god,” he said as he rose up from the bed. “I must’ve forgotten to set my alarm again.”
“What? What are you talking about?”
Holy is it really that late?
“When I came in here this morning at seven to wake you up, you said to give you ten more minutes and then when you whined for me to come cuddle you. I must have forgotten to set it…”
I don’t remember any of that at all. Oh my god.
“Did I really whine,” I asked embarrassedly. He laughed.
“You were like this… ‘Uhhn~ Tae~,’” he imitated as he reached out for me. I laughed at his ridiculousness.
“I did not do that.” He scoffed.
“Are you calling me a liar Stephanie Hwang Miyoung?” I rolled my eyes.
“Uh-huh. I don’t think I would do that.”
“Well then ask Joohwa noona, they were still in here when you were being whiney.” I started to laugh, but then thought about what he just said.
“Where did unnies go? And our managers?”
“They left. Didn’t they tell you?” I shook my head. “Aigo~! They all left to catch the earliest flight back and we’re supposed to check ourselves out of the room. Hyung said he would get ours… that’s why I have my suitcase too,” he explained.
Wow, they didn’t even say goodbye. What jerks…
Err, well maybe they did and I just don’t remember. I mean I didn’t remember my little aegyo attack on Taeyeon.
“Fany if you plan on showering you better hurry.”
Oh my god. Right! I looked at the clock and died a little bit. It said I only had twenty two minutes to get completely ready before my cousin showed up. I knew I probably wouldn’t make it though.
“If Kristine calls to tell me she’s here, tell her to just come up to the room okay?” He nodded.
“I can help you shower if you want babe.” I looked at his devilish smirk. “Four hands are better than two~.”
“Not when you’re looking at me like that Taetae.” He started to laugh his adorably obnoxious laugh. “I promise I’ll hurry babe.” He hummed.
I grabbed my suitcase and just pulled the whole thing into the bathroom behind me.
I didn’t have time to separate everything out.
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It was twenty minutes later and Tiffany hadn’t even gotten out of the shower yet… What was she doing in there? Sleeping? I stood up to go ask if she was almost done, but I heard a phone ringing.
Uh-oh… This is what I was worried about. I looked at the ID and sure enough it read ‘Kristine.’ I groaned and picked up the phone. Hitting the green button, I hesitantly put it up to my ear.
“Hello?”
“Ti-Tiffany?” She sounded so confused.
“Uh, hi~… This is Taeyeon,” I replied awkwardly. “Tiffany is showering. She told me to tell you to come up to room,” I said in my best English accent.
“Oh umm okay… What room?”
I told her the floor and room number and we awkwardly said goodbye.
“Oh god,” I groaned. I quickly got up and went to the bathroom door and… Aish. She locked it. What a brat…
I didn’t hear the water running anymore so that was a relief.
Whew. That was a very good sign.
“Hurry up babe,” I called into the door. I heard a loud hum, but just as I expected, she was not out by the time her cousin arrived. I heard a knock at our door and internally cried.
Please don’t be too awkward.
I took a deep breath and checked myself in the mirror once more to make sure I didn’t look too unpresentable. This was Fany’s cousin after all.
Opening the door I quickly smiled at the younger girl.
“Uh, annyeonghaseyo,” I said with a bow. Oh crap. “Er, uh hi… sorry.” She smiled.
“Hi, I’m Kristine. I don’t know if you remember me or not. I-“
“I do, I do. Uh, come in. I just heard the water go off in shower so she won’t be too long,” I explained… well tried to… hopefully?
“Oh that’s fine. I don’t mind waiting.” I awkwardly smiled. At least my English was good enough for her to grasp.
“So-“ “Ha-,” we both said at once.
“You go first,” I insisted. She grinned.
“So did you and Tiff stay here together?”
Oh wow, she was getting right down to it. I guess she really was Tiffany’s cousin.
“Ani... Er, no. We stayed in different rooms. I was the wakeup call,” I laughed.
“Ahh~, I see.” She smiled again. “What were you saying?”
“Oh, that. I was going to ask if you have eaten yet. Fany and I have not.”
“Really?” I nodded. “We can go out for breakfast before we head back to my house if you guys want.”
“Ohh, jinjja?” She nodded. “That would be great,” I said back.
Seriously, the best part about being in America was that I didn’t get noticed when we went out. It was like that in Paris too and it was just so enjoyable. I didn’t really like to go out much in Korea, but when we were here I felt like I almost had to go out and do things.
“Oh, I wanted to tell you that your song ‘Growl’ is one of my favorite K-pop songs right now. It’s so fun!”
“Jinjja?” She nodded. “Wah~! That’s amazing! Thank you so much.” She laughed.
I heard the door open beside me and silently thanked the gods.
“Tae do you – Oh my god. Kristine!” Tiffany wrapped her arms around her cousin. “I didn’t even hear you. I thought Taeyeon was talking to himself.”
“Yah~, I’m not that crazy,” I defended.
However, she ignored my comment and me in general for the next forty five minutes or so as she did her makeup and fixed her hair. She was too busy catching up with her cousin. It was actually pretty cute to watch them together. The only thing she said to me the rest of the time in the room was when we were about to leave.
“Tae, do I look okay?” I grinned.
“You’re beautiful.” She smirked and brought her lips to mine briefly.
“Thank you boo,” she said in English. “Let’s go.”
“Wah! Finally~… I’m so hungry I could die.”
I don’t think Tiffany believed me though after seeing her eye roll… that was until I scarfed down the ginormous Belgian waffle I ordered at some restaurant Kristine took us to.
Seriously, I’ve never seen a waffle this big ever. Tiffany was shocked as well. I think she was even more shocked when I finished the whole thing though.
I put the last bite in my mouth and hummed.
“Mmm~, so tasty.” Tiffany smiled.
“Do you want anything else Tae?” I shook my head. That filled me up pretty well, maybe even too well. “Are you sure? You ate that so quickly…” I laughed and grabbed her hand across the table.
“I’m fine Fany-ah. Now I just need a nap.” All that food made me even sleepier than I was before.
“Well you can’t do that. We have to go to Kris’s house and see my family,” she said excitedly.
“I know, I know~. They’re the same people that I met the last time right? At that carnival thing?” She nodded. “Okay good. I was just making sure.”
I was almost a hundred percent sure they were the same people, but it’s also been a year and I just wanted to check.
We walked out the door and headed toward the large SUV. I jolted past Fany in the last second and quickly stood by the passenger door. She laughed.
“You wanna sit by my cousin that bad ehh?” Oh my gosh… I had no choice but to grin at her teasing tone.
“Aniyo~, I was opening the door for you. If you’re gonna be a brat about it though…,” I trailed off and started to move away. Tiffany grabbed my arm.
“I was just teasing babe, jeesh. Thank you,” she said before pushing her lips into mine. Mmm, I did love all the kisses I was getting today though. ”You can sit in the front if you want.” I quickly shook my head.
“Nope. I wanna lay down in the backseat,” I stated. Wait a second…. “That’s okay right? There’s no weird law about that here?” Her eyebrows came together like she was in thought.
“I honestly have no idea anymore. I’m sure it’s fine though, right?” I shrugged. “Get in I’ll ask Kris.” I nodded and happily got in the backseat behind her. I heard Tiffany ask her cousin, so I waited for the response and-
“Yeah go for it. I don’t care,” she laughed.
“Thank you,” I said in English before lying down. Actually this was surprisingly comfortable. Way~ comfier than my backseat…
“So, what are you two going to do the whole time you’re here,” I heard Kristine ask Tiffany.
“We, well Tae really wants to go to the fair again… Did you find one for us to go to?”
I grinned at my thoughtful girlfriend in the front seat, but I don’t think I caught the rest of the conversation, for I was starting to drift in and out of consciousness. Gah my eye lids just seemed so heavy right now. I heard a few words here and there I think. It also could have been all in my head though...
The next thing I know, I feel a hand running through my hair and I hear my name being called in the distance.
Huh? No… wait.
The voice was coming from right over top of me.
Omo!
“Tae, wake up. We’re here.”
What the… Where are we?
I felt her hand slide from my hair to my back and start to gently pat.
“Babe, wake up,” she said a little louder. I yawned. Ah-ha, it was Tiffany.
“I’m up, I’m up,” I said as I sat up. “Where are we? Why is it so dark,” I asked as I attempted to look around.
“We’re in Kristine’s garage Tae. Let’s go inside and greet everyone and then you can sleep more if you’re that tired.” I could hear the disappointment in her voice and I instantly felt bad.
This was Tiffany’s family!
Oh my god.
My future family…
Get yourself together Taeyeon!
Right! I had to get in there and show them that I was the perfect match for my Tiffany. I did not need any interjections at my wedding!
I couldn’t let her down.
Ugh, I was just so tired though.
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“I don’t know if you remember him, but this is my fiancé Taeyeon Kim,” I said to my aunt after she released me from her embrace.
“Of course I remember,” she grinned. “Annyeong Taeyeon-ah! I’ve been looking forward to meeting you again,” she said in Korean as she pulled him in to a hug too. I laughed at his surprised expression.
“A-annyeonghaseyo. I’ve been looking forward to it as well,” Taeyeon replied charmingly once she let go of him.
“Are you all hungry? Want me to whip something up for you really quick?”
“Aniyo,” Taeyeon said quickly. “No thank you.”
“Taeyeon ate the world’s largest waffle this morning,” I laughed. My aunt smiled.
“Did you take them to…” I saw my cousin nod. “Ah, that place serves the best breakfast.” I watched my aunt smile at Taeyeon... but then-
What the…
Her eyes literately tripled in size. Oh god. I quickly looked at Taeyeon to see what on earth caused that reaction, but I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary…
I mean Taeyeon was standing there with his eyes closed, but other than th-
“Oh my, I’ve got to get going. I didn’t realize it was this late!”
I let out a breath of relief. She was looking at the clock behind Taeyeon, not Taeyeon… Whew~!
“Where are you going?”
“I’ve got a spinning class at one. Oh my gosh, I hope the traffic isn’t bad,” she spoke as she picked up her bag. “I’m sorry to leave like this, but I’ll be back soon. The class is only an hour or so.”
“Don’t worry about it,” I smiled. “Take your time.”
With one more wave of the hand, my aunt headed to the garage leaving the three of us standing in the kitchen.
“What do we do now,” my cousin asked. I looked at Taeyeon for barely even a second before she shouted. “Ooh! Have you seen ‘Crazy Stupid Love’? We just rented it and I haven’t even watched it yet.
'Crazy Stupid Love'? Hmm… I don’t-
“Oh is that the new one with Ryan Gosling,” I questioned. She happily nodded. I have wanted to see that and we never get time to go to the movies…
“Tae what do you think?” He sleepily blinked a few times before opening his eyes wide.
“Yeah Fany-ah, I think that sounds like an okay plan.” I grinned. I could safely say he was going to fall asleep within the first five minutes. There was no doubt in my mind. I actually thought that that may be a good thing though.
I figured if he got in a good hour long nap he’d be able to be his cute, charming self when my aunt got back.
“Then yeah Kris, I’ve wanted to see that for a while. Ryan Gosling is so~ attractive.” When Taeyeon didn’t even react to me calling the actor attractive, I knew he really must be tired. Aigo~ my poor baby.
We sat down on the sofa while Kristine put the movie in.
“Oh I like him. He’s funny,” Taeyeon said as soon as the lead actor popped on screen. Those were also the last words I heard from him the entire movie.
I’m not joking when I say within the next minute after his comment he fell right to sleep. I was actually pretty shocked he didn’t wake up at all, especially since both of us laughed pretty loud.
Our laughs on top of Kris spazzing when Ryan Gosling took his shirt off sure would have woken me up.
Gah, he seriously must be exhausted.
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“Hey everyone,” my aunt said as she walked in the kitchen two and a half hours after she left. I was starting to wonder- “I brought pizza~!”
Never mind.
“Is that what took you so long,” Kristine asked.
“Yes, that and I had to make a few other quick stops.” I saw her set down the shopping bags and grinned. I definitely got my love of shopping from this side of my family… “Oh, where’s Taeyeon?”
Oh god.
“Uh, sleeping,” I responded. “Sorry…”
I felt bad that they had welcomed us into their home so nicely and Taeyeon had been asleep literately 95% of the time.
“Oh he must be tired. You should go wake him up to see if he wants any pizza though.” I nodded.
I made my way into the living room and found Taeyeon still asleep on their sofa. Ugh…
I knew he was tired, I mean I was too, but he needed to be respectful. This was my family. My family that he’s only met twice I might add…
I didn’t want him to look bad in any way possible to them. I wanted them to love him as much as I did.
“Tae get up,” I said as I shook his arm. No response. I shook him a little harder this time. “Taeyeon seriously get up…Ugh!” Again, there was nothing but a soft groan.
He was such a jerk. I sat down on the sofa beside him, grabbed his face and-
“Oh my god.” I quickly dropped my hands.
His cheeks were burning up. I saw his brows furrow together as I heard another groan.
I quickly pushed his hair from his forehead and laid my palm against it. Putting my other hand to my own forehead, I could tell he was definitely way hotter than he should be.
Oh god… Something was wrong.
“Aunt Jade,” I called. “Kris! Come here~!”
Oh good one Tiff, and you we’re mad at him!
He’s sick you idiot! Ugh… I could’ve hit myself in the head.
Taeyeon would never act like this on purpose. What was I even thinking?
“Tae,” I said softly as I caressed his face. Omo! His eyes were opening. “Babe?”
“Fany-ah?” Oh no, he sounded like he was in pain!
“What’s wrong Taetae?”
“I don’t know,” he whined adorably. I know it was no time to be gushing about how cute he was, but that was incredible. “I’m tired and my head hurts and I feel nauseous.” His eyes closed again and I ran my fingers through his hair.
Aigo… My poor Taetae. I felt even worse now. I was mad at him and here he was feeling like crap.
“It’s okay baby. I-“
Before I could finish my train of thought, my aunt came in.
“What’s the matter Tiff?”
“I think Taeyeon’s sick… What do I do?”
She grinned and told me not to worry after she put her own hand on his forehead and asked him a few questions. I felt a little better after hearing that too since my aunt used to be a pediatrician.
“It’s nothing serious Tiffany, don’t worry. It sounds like food poisoning, but it could also be from a combination of things like not sleeping and stress or maybe just a routine migraine… Let’s move him to the guest room and let him get rest. Kris go get me that purple medicine and a glass of water,” she ordered.
Soon we put him into bed and I fed him the ‘gross’ tasting medicine as he called it. I grinned. At least he wasn’t sick enough to stop being a dork. That was a good sign, right?
Throughout the rest of the day, I caught up with my aunt and cousin while watching movies and making multiple checks in on my lover. I wanted to stay in there with him, but my aunt said it would be better if he had an uninterrupted rest. So I reluctantly complied… kinda.
I did accidently wake him up the first few times I stopped in when I felt hit face or his hair. Thankfully he went back to sleep within a few minutes.
With Taeyeon and I being in the house today though, my two relatives and I were able to talk about everything and it was nice. From what I’ve missed here in California to my new album I’m working on in Korea… seriously everything.
What my aunt wanted to talk to me the most about though was my upcoming wedding.
“Are you excited?” I nodded.
“Yeah. I’m excited and nervous and a bit anxious too,” I laughed. It was a really weird feeling. If I had to describe it, I’d say it was kinda like the feeling I get before I go on stage times a million added in with the feeling that Taeyeon gives me always.
It was very weird but also very exciting…
“Ah~! I’m jealous. I wish I could find a guy that made me feel like that.” I smiled. I was one lucky girl. “Hell, I wish I could find a guy that just looked like that. I could work on his personality later.” I laughed even harder at that. She was too much.
She did have a point though. Kim Taeyeon was a total babe and thousands of girls agreed with me.
“Are you sure s aren’t single,” she asked with a laugh.
Gah, I really do miss my family.
“Oh hush Kristine,” my aunt said. “You don’t even speak Korean that well.” She stuck her tongue out at her mom, but my aunt just turned her attention to me. “What are you worried about dear?” I sighed.
“Oh god I don’t even know. It’s just this feeling like something will go wrong or that it won’t be like I thought it would… What if we start annoying each other once we start living together? What if the only reason we’ve lasted this long is because we rarely see each other?”
Oh god… maybe I was more worried about this than I thought…
I looked to my aunt, who was smiling back at me.
“I don’t think you actually think any of that Tiff. You are a smart and independent woman, you always have been. You wouldn’t have agreed to marry him if you thought any of those things were true, let alone buy a house with him.”
She did have a point… I bet I was just overthinking everything.
“It’s just pre-wedding jitters. Trust me.” I nodded. “I’m sure it’s even worse for you two too because you both are celebrities and have hundreds of thousands of fans criticizing your every move.” I nodded. That was also a pretty big stress factor… “Not being involved with the planning would make me a little stressed too and since you’re like me and your father you probably want to make sure everything is perfect yourself.” I nodded.
She brought up another good point... I was pretty worried about how all the decorations would look. I’ve seen examples and things like that, but I haven’t seen it for real yet and that made me a little nervous.
What if it was ugly?
“Don’t worry about all that nonsense. None of it matters. If there weren’t pictures to remind me I don’t even think I’d remember what my wedding looked like,” she laughed. “All I can remember is how handsome my husband looked up there. Let me tell you-“
“Mom~! Ew. I do not need to hear that.” I laughed and so did my aunt.
“What I’m trying to say is that you don’t need to stress on the small things. All that matters on that day is you and him.” I smiled.
That really did make me feel better. I was still worried, I don’t think that feeling would completely go away until after we say ‘I do’ and it was all over, but it totally felt like I could breathe a bit easier.
Ah, while I’m thinking about feeling better…
“I’m gonna go check on Taeyeon.” She smiled again. “What?”
“Nothing. Bring him some water and- How long has it been since we gave him the medicine?” I checked my phone.
“About seven hours.” Gah, I couldn’t believe it was already ten… Time had really gotten away from us today. I guess with all the talking time really flew. Not to mention the few movies and dramas we watched along the way.
“You can go ahead and give him more. You’re supposed to wait eight hours, but it’ll be fine.” I nodded and yawned. “You should go ahead and sleep too Tiffany.”
“Yeah especially if you’re coming out with us tomorrow,” Kristine said excitedly.
Oh god I had totally forgotten about that.
Oh no~, Taetae really wanted to go to the fair too.
“I don’t know if we’ll be able to go if Taeyeon’s condition continues Kris,” I said sadly. I wanted to hang out with both of them, but I definitely couldn’t leave Taeyeon here all day while I went and had a good time. I’d feel so bad all day. She pouted.
“I know, I’ll just have to pray he gets better by tomorrow morning.”
“Morning,” I asked. She hummed.
“We’re leaving early to stop for breakfast and to just make a whole day of it,” she said with a huge grin.
That made me feel even worse about potentially skipping out on the trip. It sounded like it was planned specifically for us…
“Well then I’ll go make sure Taeyeon takes his medicine so we can go tomorrow.” My cousin smiled. “I think I’ll probably go ahead and sleep too.”
“Okay Tiff. Goodnight~!”
I said goodnight to her and my aunt, who both decided to turn in as well, and then quickly walked toward the guest room. I went up the stairs and down the hall, eventually arriving to the room.
“Tae,” I said as I opened the door. I looked at the pile of blankets on the bed and… what the?!
It was just that, a pile. There was no one there!
“Taeye- Oh.” He was standing up shirtless, looking straight at me. The first thought that popped in my brain was ’damn.’
Seriously… why did he have to look so good when he has been in bed all day?
That thought however brought another one to my attention.
“Yah! Kim Taeyeon what are you doing out of bed?” I went to him and forcefully drug him back to the bed.
“Yah~ let me put a shirt on,” he whined. I didn’t stop though. I pushed and pulled until he was sitting on the bed once again. “Fany-ah~.”
“What do you think you’re doing?” This idiot was trying to make himself more sick!
Oh right! The medicine. I looked to the table where I thought I left it, but then suddenly felt myself being pulled forward.
“Oh my-!”
“I was coming to find you babe,” Taeyeon said in an adorable voice as he wrapped his arms tighter around my . His face was pressed against my stomach and I melted.
Why was he so adorable?!
Ugh… I had the sudden urge to kiss him, but I couldn’t.
“You need to stay in bed though Taetae,” I said as I ran my fingers though his hair. “How do you feel?” I checked his forehead and he definitely felt cooler than before.
“I feel a million times better.”
“Jinjja?” He hummed.
“Now let’s go out there so I can apologize to your aunt.” I smiled again and cupped his cheeks.
Gah I should’ve known he wouldn’t act like that on purpose. The biggest idiot award officially goes to me.
“It’s bedtime Taetae. You can apologize tomorrow morning.” I let go of his face and headed for my suitcase.
“What do you mean its bedtime? How long was I asleep for?”
“Uh, like eight hours. It’s around ten Tae. We have to wake up early too so let’s go to sleep.”
I listened to him freak out behind me as I found a big comfy T-shirt to sleep in. Actually I think this was Taeyeon’s. I took off my pants, shirt, and camisole as I heard Taeyeon’s talking fade off into nothing. Oh god.
I turned around and sure enough, he was staring straight at me.
“Why’d you stop? Keep going,” he grinned. I smiled back. He was too much.
“Lock the door,” I said simply. His eyes grew and he quickly got up from the bed. By the time he was able to lock the door though, I had taken off my bra and quickly put Taeyeon’s comfy yellow shirt on. His expression was so cute when he saw me clothed again.
“But…” His eyes were big and his lip pouty. Aigo~!
“Uh-uhh Tae. Not gonna happen. You don’t feel good and hello~! We’re at my aunt’s house.”
“Then why’d you have me lock the door? Aish~… Getting my hopes up…” I giggled and got into bed.
“We’re still sleeping in almost nothing Tae. I don’t want anyone to walk in… Come here,” I said, patting the bed beside me. I felt the bed dip in as I set my phone on the table beside me, fortunately spotting something else. “Oh! I almost forgot!”
I grabbed the bottle of medicine and handed it to him. He tried to push it away saying it was disgusting, but soon I was straddling him, holding the lid full of purple liquid in front of him. I was also pretty out of breath from wrestling with this brat.
“Open your mouth.” He did instantly. Huh… What? Why?
Nope, don’t question it.
I poured two full lids worth of the medicine in his mouth and gave him a quick peck on the lips… after he finished cringing that is.
“Good boy,” I laughed, but suddenly cringed as well. I guess some of it must have transferred from the kiss or something but oh my god… “Ughh. That does taste disgusting.”
It was like a mixture of alcohol, grape juice, and death. That was horrible.
“I told you Fany-ah~.”
“It’ll make you better though baby,” I said as I moved up on his lap more, putting my arms around his neck.
“It’s still gross.” He pecked my lips and I grinned.
“Then why did you eat it so quickly, hmm?” He smirked.
“Because I will do anything you tell to while you’re in this position.”
Oh god... He really does need help.
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I could hear the crickets chirping and the birds still singing when I finally opened my eyes. I figured it was still pretty early since the sun hasn’t even come up yet. When I checked Tiffany’s phone, my guess was right. It was only five thirty-something.
I yawned and stretched my body out as best as I could with this angel still in my arms. God she was beautiful.
Sometime during the night she must have turned around because now her precious face was sort of pressed against my bare chest. I kissed the top of her head and then gently laid her on her back so I could get a better look.
Oh gosh… her pouty lips and her adorable twitching nose… Not to mention her y stomach that was peeking from under the yellow fabric. Gah, I couldn’t take it.
I couldn’t wait any more. I had to wake her up.
My hand moved to her stomach where I caressed her gently. Oh gosh her skin was so soft… I brought my lips to her neck and started to pepper kisses all over.
A few seconds later I felt her head moving in the opposite direction, giving me more room to explore. I chuckled.
I finally woke her up.
“Good morning baby,” I spoke softly in her ear. I heard her husky giggle. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t wait.” My lips went to her neck again as she hummed in response.
Maybe she wasn’t awake? Or definitely not fully awake yet that’s for sure.
Her arms wrapped around my neck and pulled me closer.
Nope, she was definitely awake. Aish~! And she’s not even gonna say ‘good morning’ back to me?
I’ll show her!
As I continued kissing her neck countless more times, I repositioned myself overtop of her, slid my hands down to her sides and…
“AHH,” she yelped… right in my ear. I don’t know if she pushed me off of her or I just sat up from the sheer volume of her shout, but either way I was now sitting over top of her lap.
“Oww~,” I complained. “That was so loud!” She scoffed and we finally made eye contact.
“You shouldn’t have tickled me then you jerk.” She groaned, closing her eyes again. “It’s too early to play like that baby,” she whined. She also didn’t sound angry!
That was a good sign!
“I’m sowwy~,” I tried to say with aegyo. Her grin told me I had succeeded.
“Give me more kisses,” she pouted adorably. I laughed.
“Ahh so I’m allowed to play like that then,” I asked playfully while moving back down beside her on the bed. She lazily nodded as her whole face came alive in her beautiful smile.
“Mhm. We can always play like that Taetae.” I grinned and planted my lips on hers. Looking at her beautiful face again, it just struck me that she only opened her eyes like twice… Aigo~!
“Are you still tired?” She hummed. “Should we sleep more?” She hummed again as she snuggled closer. I felt warmer already. I wrapped my arms around her and quickly found my phone.
I’m guessing it was because of the eight hour long nap I took yesterday, but I couldn’t fall asleep nor was I the least bit tired..
Instead, I took my phone out and started silently playing games. It took me at least thirty minutes, but I had finally beaten the high score on my favorite game. Wah!
I almost cheered aloud, but then thankfully I remembered Tiffany was still asleep. I laughed at myself and looked down at the peacefully- er… well not so peacefully sleeping girl.
Her brows were furrowed and she was now frowning. ‘Aww’, I thought. My poor Fany is having a bad dream.
“Tiffany~,” I sang. She groaned like a little puppy. “Fany-ah wake up~!” I patted her back a few times and I finally began to see signs of life. Her eyes twitched along with her nose before a big yawn escaped her lips. Her arm shot out while trying to stretch, but it ran into something first.
She froze.
Her eyes opened quickly, but soon closed again.
“Taetae.”
“Mhm~. It’s just me,” I laughed. “Good morning baby.” I watched a satisfied grin spread on her face.
“You already said that,” her husky voice replied.
“But you never said it back. You were too busy falling back asleep,” I said teasingly. She lightly hit my chest and I just laughed at her ‘angry’ face.
“Good morning Taetae~.” She pressed our lips together and sat up in bed.
“What were you dreaming about?” She sighed.
“I don’t really remember, but it wasn’t a dream. Someone was chasing me and it was scary.” I grinned.
“Why were they chasing you?” She adorably yawned again.
“I don’t remember. I don’t remember who it was either.” I kissed her shoulder. “It was probably you,” she teased.
“Yah! I would not scarily chase you,” I defended. She laughed and leaned into me now that I was sitting up beside her.
“I don’t wanna go back to sleep though.”
“Afraid it’ll come back?” She hummed. “Then let’s do something else.”
“Okay. What do you wanna do?”
I figured she would have picked up my tone, but I guess she did just wake up.
“Le-“
“OOH,” she practically shouted. “Let’s go for a walk!”
Huh?
“A walk?”
“Mmm,” she hummed. “We never get to just walk around together Taetae~!”
She did have a point. I think the last time I got to openly walk around with her excluding this trip was when we were in Paris.
That was a really long time ago and if my princess wanted to take a walk that was exactly what we would do… even if it was six in the morning…
“Okay. Let’s go on a walk.”
“Jinjja?!” I hummed.
“It’ll be fun.” Her smile was so big I couldn’t hide my own. Gah, this really shouldn’t still have this much of an effect on me, right? Ever since she had become part of SNSD her smile had always killed me.
Ugh it was too much.
“Wah! I love you Taeyeon. I’ll get dressed,” she called out and went to her suitcase. I just laughed.
I don’t know why she was so excited about going on a walk at six-something or other in the morning, but I was okay with it. Excited Tiffany was the cutest.
“Can we walk to somewhere with food?”
“Nope! We’re eating breakfast with my cousin and her friends.” I nodded.
Ugh… I was so hungry though.
“Omo! That reminds me,” she said before quickly sitting beside me on the bed. “How do you feel? Do you want to take more medi-“
“NO,” I quickly interrupted. Ugh, I was not taking that dirty fish mixed with rotten grapes tasting liquid again. Nooooo~! “No more medicine.” She smiled.
“But it made you better.” I hummed.
“It did and now I am better. So I don’t have to take it.” Her hand slipped into mine and she looked at me again.
“Are you sure? I really don’t want you to feel like you did yesterday today.” I could see she was actually really worried so I tried my best to reassure her.
“I promise I’m okay Tiffany. Thank you for taking care of me so well yesterday baby, I really don’t know what came over me.”
“My aunt said since it was so sudden that it was probably something you ate.” That was a good guess. I was thinking myself that I probably ate something that unknowingly had a little bit of nuts in it. Since I’m allergic it could have caused me to be so sleepy like that.
It also had to have been a very little amount; I mean if it was anything serious, I’d be in a hospital and not here with a half-dressed Tiffany.
“And don’t thank me. That’s what I’m supposed to do,” she grinned. “I have to look out for my hubby.”
I felt like someone had shaken a soda and then opened it inside of me. Wah~! How could she be this amazing?
“Of course,” I responded proudly. “I’m still sorry I ruined everything yesterday.”
“Aish~ don’t be Taetae,” Tiffany stood up. “You were sick… and I think my aunt loves you anyway. Just apologize to her before we leave today. Okay?” I hummed. Obviously I had already planned to do that! “Good, now get dressed so we can go for a walk.”
Right! I completely forgot about the walk.
“Yes ma’am~!”
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“Are you sure we can’t walk somewhere to eat,” Taeyeon asked after we successfully snuck out of the house. I rolled my eyes.
“I’m positive. Let’s just walk around, I haven’t been here in so long… Hand,” I said as I reached out for Tae. He was somewhat distracted though. “Tae, give me your hand.”
“Huh? Oh, right,” he smiled and entwined our fingers. “Your cousin’s house is huge though, holy… What does your uncle do?”
“Yeah it is pretty big,” I laughed. “He works with daddy though. They’re in business together. That’s why he isn’t here either.”
“Ahh,” he said cutely. “Should we buy a house here too?” I laughed. “What? Didn’t you say that your house wasn’t too far from here?”
“Yeah, but I don’t want to live here,” I stated. “Well, okay that’s a lie. I do want to buy a house here in California at some point, but I think I want it closer to the ocean… Don’t you think?”
“Ohh that would be fun… but would we be able to live here?” Huh?
“Why wouldn’t we,” I laughed. “I’m still an American citizen Taeyeon. I could buy a house here with no issues.”
“Ani, I mean because we both work in Korea.”
“I don’t mean we have to in the next few years Tae. I just think that when SNSD and TYS are either inactive or rarely active I want to spend more time here and be closer to my family for a while.” He nodded.
“It would help our kids learn English huh?” I just laughed. He was incredible.
“Why is the first thing you always jump to always about our future children Kim Taeyeon? I already told you I’m not having children for at least another four or five years so you can get them out of your brain right now,” I teased as I poked his head. He captured my hand with his free one.
“Because~ I can’t wait to have babies with you Fany-ah,” he replied adorably. “I can’t wait to have a mini version of you to hold and love and teach how to do things. Ugh,” he sighed. “I just can’t wait to share and raise something so beautiful with you Stephanie Hwang Miyoung. I can’t think of a better experience to share with you.”
Oh my god.
Maybe we should have eaten before we left… Gah, maybe then his words wouldn’t have left me so weak.
To say I was touched wouldn’t even cut it. That was one of the sweetest things I think he’s ever said.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and held him tightly.
“How do you manage to make me fall for you more and more every day?” He looked down at me with his goofy grin and I couldn’t stop myself. My lips were on his in seconds flat.
“Aye~. I could ask you the same question babe.” I watched him look around briefly and- Oh?
His face went from having a cute smile to a worrisome frown.
“What’s wrong?”
“There’s an old man walking this way… What do we do Fany-ah?” It took everything I had to keep myself from laughing in his face.
“We just start walking again Taetae.” He gave me a quick ‘huh’ look, but soon that’s exactly what we did.
We walked past the man with his cute dog. Saying a quick ‘hello,’ Taeyeon and I just continued to walk for a while.
Since there was nothing close but more houses we didn’t really have a set goal or time limit, but we decided to head back after almost an hour according to Taeyeon’s watch.
“Finally~,” he groaned. “I’m so hungry I could die.”
“Oh shut up,” I laughed. “We still can’t eat until all of us go out later Tae.”
“But my tummy is making noises!” I sighed as we made it to the door. “Look I’m so hungry it’s even being pulled in on itself.” That earned an eye roll. He was such a dork.
I unlocked the door with the key I borrowed and stepped inside.
“Whatever you say Tae.”
“I’m serious! Look,” he called out again as we walked further into the house. Ugh…
“Fine~. How is it being… Oh my god,” I laughed. “That’s cheating pabo-yah.”
What I turned back to see was Taeyeon in his stomach as far as he could…
Seriously. How could he be such a weirdo?
“Nuh uh~, my stomach is totally eating its-itself,” he stuttered under my touch.
“You seem fine to me,” I said as his stomach relaxed under my hand, letting me feel his amazing abs.
Mmm~ mmm~mmm~!
No matter how big of a dork he was, he was still equally as y in my book, maybe even ier.
“Ani Fany-ah, I’m definitely dy- Omo...” He dropped his shirt over my hand and stood up straight at once.
Oh god… That only meant one thing.
Before I could turn around though, my worst fear came to life.
“Well, well, well Tiffany. What have you two been up to,” my aunt’s voice echoed.
“Yeah, my friends have been waiting to meet you~!”
Oh if it wasn’t bad enough that my aunt caught me practically feeling Taeyeon up, my cousin and her friends too?
Friends as in more than one?!
This was going to be a horrible first impression.
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